Immigration and asylum
-
Labour HQ told activists to avoid immigration issue in EU campaignReferendum case ‘not credible if we don’t even comment on subject at forefront of our voters’ minds’, organiser pleaded
-
Don’t let anger and fear turn to hatredLetters: What remain supporters need to do is ensure that we engage with the communities and people who have not prospered in recent years and show them the same empathy and support that we show immigrants, refugees et
-
'Why upset the apple cart?' asks a farmer after BrexitA Boston supermarket supplier who relies heavily on foreign labour is almost a lone voice in a town that’s ill at ease with high levels of immigration
-
Sadiq Khan to tell EU citizens at Pride: you are welcome in LondonMayor will issue clear message of tolerance at LGBT+ parade, reassuring non-British residents after Brexit vote
-
Immigration issue at core of Brexit voteLetters: The EU needs to respond urgently by offering the UK (and any other member state that wants it) an opt-out from the free movement of people
-
'I'm devastated – it's unbelievable': Brits in Spain react to BrexitWorried expats who moved to the Spanish Costas assess possible effects of UK’s leave vote on their pensions and healthcare
-
With more and more Britons seeing themselves as underdogs, unheard by politicians, both parties will have to work hard to reach out to themThe referendum campaigns have revealed a fractured country
-
Labour’s traditional voters no longer share its progressive valuesToday’s working class care more about community, solidarity and belonging. With Ukip in the wings, the party risks becoming unelectable
• EU referendum polling day – live updates
• With no exit poll, when is the result announced? -
UK population grew by more than half a million last yearAnnual estimate published by ONS shows that a 335,000 increase in net migration has helped push population to 65.1 million
-
West Indians arrive in Britain on board the Empire Windrush – archive23 June 1948: There was no band, certainly, to greet the immigrants at Tilbury, but it was a welcome, and, for officialdom, a warm welcome
-
Maybe it’s the desire to integrate and feel British. But beware – by drawing a line between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ migrants, Vote Leave is deploying a cynical old tacticWhy do some of us with migrant parents want to vote for Brexit?
-
Tim Farron raps a tribute to John Barnes – videoTim Farron, leader of the Liberal Democrats, raps a tribute to former-football player John Barnes after the ESPN pundit lent his support to the Remain campaign
-
Would Europeans be free to stay in the UK after Brexit?The leave campaign insists EU nationals already in Britain would be able to stay – but immigration lawyers say it’s not so simple
-
The return of Project Fear: how hope got sidelined in EU voteBoth sides have been guilty of negative tactics, from warning of economic disaster to focusing on the supposed threat posed by migrants
-
EU referendum live: Khan accuses Boris Johnson of leading 'Project Hate' in BBC's Great DebateAll the day’s developments with two days to go until Britain goes to the polls
-
The Guardian view on family planning: the unsung human rightEditorial: Millions of women are barred either by cultural taboo, cost or availability from being able to decide for themselves when they have children. Empowering them to take control should be a basic objective of every human health project
-
Brexit would cause chaos in the health service and social careLetters: The British people complaining about the number of people coming to the UK do not want these jobs
-
A Brexit Britain would be down to the prime minister’s fuelling of anti-immigrant sentiment and his impossible promises on targetsDavid Cameron’s fatal mistakes on immigration threaten our country’s future
Dismal, lifeless, spineless – Jeremy Corbyn let us down again